Anticlog tractor-wheel



M. C. FRENCH. ANTICLOG TRACTOR WHEEL. APPLICATION men MAR 11. 1am.

Patented Dec. 2, 1.919.

Mo gan Q "Wench I :NII STATES PATENT OFFICE. 1

MORGAN C. FRENOH, 01? DENVER, COLORADO.

l ui akeanlduse the same; F .ig' Myfpventionrelatesto anew and useful "anti-clogtraetor wheel and is designed for .;use,upon vehicles,.trucks, tractors and the $;I e, but is -more ;.parti'cularly designed for D Isage r ish plows and the likel 1 ratin whom it may concern:

' 'yide a wheel thatnt-will be impossible the have become damaged from-any. cause,

' lugs 'when the wheel is einlployed in' charac- E ter s ofwork. whereby the. ugs aresubjected es6 to'unduestrains. A further; 'is to provide the wheel withesupplemental tire for protecting the lugs against iniury when the wheel isre- .qulred to trave over the surfaces of hard 140 roads and the like'when the vehicle or machine upon which'the wheel is used is being [transported-from place to place. i' These 'and other ob'ects and advantages will more fully appear as the nature of'the i inve'ntion ismore clearly-understood fromthe following specification, the subject-matter of th'e claims, and the views illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which,

: Figure 1 is an elevational view of the 60 outer side of the wheel showing the samef with the supplemental transporting tire mounted ,thereon.

wh on line 2+.2 of Fig. 1 with the supplemental; transporting tire removed.

One-of the aims'rofmyinvention is to-pro for the wheel to clogged with mild,-

i20 rash, a1id other accumulations u n' the surface ,of the'roador field over w ich -the "1 wheel travels and atthe samertime force-the ";'1ii,ud,. trash,1;etc;,-1tothe "outer. :s1'de v of the 'tially 65 degreesfrom a vertical plane or Another aimfof-m invention isto provide the wheel with etachable lugs wh re-- $0 by" the same may-befreadily replaced when an to provide means for bracing the mulatiqn of (ill! Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view of the ANTICLOG TRACTOR-WHEEL.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Dec; 2, 1919. :Application filed March 17, 1917.- Serial No. 155,412. 7

Fig. 3 is a perspective view on an enlarged scale of one of the lugs, and

'Fig. 4 isa fragmentary view of a portion of the wheel showing the means which I employ. for bracing the lugs when necessary. 1

Referring to the drawings, wherein-similar reference characters denotecorresponding parts throughout the several 'views l denotes the axle of a vehicle or the like upon which is suitably mountedthe elongatedhub 2 of the wheel. The bed 3 of the wheel is constructed of a solid-web and formed of a substantially cone-shaped conformation with the apex of the cone-shaped web projecting outwardly and through which apex extends the hub 2. The peripheral edge ofthe body or web 3 is bent laterally with respect to the body or .web 3 to provide the main tire 4 for the wheel. a

Theimvard inclination of the outer suriace. of the bodyor web?) from the hub "2 toward its-periphery is substantially 20 de- 'grees from'a vertical plane, whilethe inward inclination 'of the tire- 4 is substansubstantially 45 degrees with respect to the degree of inclination of theouter surface of the body or was, or in other words, the inward inclination of the outer surface of the'tire' is. substantially 25 degrees from a 86 horizontal'plahe, so that, the inclination of the tire 4 is sufficient to provide a tread surface for the wheel and yet the inclination of the outer surface of the tire 4 and the inclination of the outer; surface of the web 3 are sufiicient to deflect the mud, trash, etc.. outwardly at one side of the path of travel of the wheel and thereby prevent the accunud, trash, etc. upon the wheel and the consequent clogging of the same. r Upon the periphery of the wheel is mounted anydesired number of lug-s These lugs 5 consist of elongated plates disposed. upon the periphery of the .wheel in a manner 100 that the-longitudinal edges will be disposed transversely with respect to the wheel and with the entire body of the lugs 5 disposed 'outwardly of the inner edge of the'tire 4 of,

{I adjacent t the bolts 9 which pass through the 'apertured ears'8 and apertures formed through the tire ereto. i

To provide against rupture, breakage, or

other damage to the lugs when the wheel is employed ina manner-so that the same is requiredto travel over hard or rocky roads "I-pr'efer to reinforce the lugs 5 by the employment of the diagonal brace bars or rods 10 whichhave one of their'endssuitably secured..to the forward surfaces of the Jugs o in proximity to their outer edges and the opposite ends of the brace bars 10 secured Qcotlie rear'faces of the succeeding .lugs 5 at their ed s adjacent thetire 4.

, I pre e rably. form the hub 2, the web 3 and the tire 4 in an integral structure, but Ijmay, if deemed expedient, form the hub,

-the web and'the tire separately and unite or join the same together in any suitable .manner. I may also form'the-lugs 5 integral with the-web and the tire, but I prefcrablyform the lugs in a manner that the same are detachably secured to the web and tire of the wheel.

lVhen I employ the wheel provided with the lugs shown in Figs. 1 and 2 and with the brace rods 10 shown in Fig.4, I preferal ily-provide the supplemental tire 11, which ispreferably formed of a band of suitable metal of a width equal to the-length of the lugs?) and provided at certain intervalsupon its inner side with the solid lugs 12 and apertured lugs 13 sufiiciently spaced from the lugs 12 to permit the'lugs 5 to pass 'therebetween and thread throughthe apert-li1'e(l:lllgs'-13 the'sct screws or fwing nuts H for clamping with lugs 5 of the wheel v between the lugs 12 and ends of the. set screws orwing nuts'l c of the simplomental tire 11. lhc supplemental tire is constructed so that the same can be readily attached to or detached from the wheel and is for tlurpurpose of affording protection to thb lugs-5 during the trailslmrtion of the vehicle. machine. or the like when the same is being transported from place to place over rough surfaces.

From the foregoing it will be seen that I have provided a tractor wheel for use upon vehicles, trucks. tractors, machines. farming impleui ents, andall other vehicles or the like which employ tractor wheels, which wheel constructed in the novel manner as illustrated in the drawings and described in the. foregoing specificationam not become clogged by mud, trash, or other accumulations upon .the surfaces over which the same travels, in view of the fact, that such mud,

or trashwhen coming in contact with the periphery of the wheel will pass betweenthe lugs 5 and be sheared off or deflected by the inclined outer surface of the tire I and subsequently by the inclined surface of the body or web 3 of the-wheel and finally thrown away from the outer side of the wheel and out of its path of travel so that none of the mud,- trash, or accumulation can possibly adhere to any of the surfaces of the wheel and thereby clog the same, for even should the wheel travel through sticky clay the force of the subsequently engaged clay will force that which has been preyiously engaged along the inclined surfaces of the the 4 andweb 3 and cast the same outwardLr from ofi the wheel.

\Vhile I have primarily designed my wheel for use as a tractor wheel. I desire it to be understood that my wheel is not limited to this speci c use as the same may be efhelently used a. an antnc'log wheel m I the manner that the ordinary wheel is used by dispensing with the anti-slip lugs, and that wlule I haye herem shown and (le scrlbed'the-preferred embodiment of my invention I may resort to variations and alterations -in the conformation and construction of the wl cc] to meet the exigencies of the case without departing from the spirit. ofthe invention or the scope of the claims. i

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure bylictters Patent. is:

l. The combination of an elongated hub. an outwardly disposed comi-shaptal web thereon. an out.\\'ardl inclined tire uponsaid web disposed in angular relation to the outer surface thereof and extended into vertical alinemcnt with the inner c'nd of the hub, and lugs upon said tire having an outer edge parallel with said hub for substantiall the length thereof. i

The combination of an elongated liub. an outwardly disposed coneshapcd web .tiherecm', an outwardly inclined tire upon said web dispmed in angular relation to the outer surface thereof, and lugs provided with elongated contact edges and angularly disposed cars for attachment to said tire and also the upper portion of said web.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

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